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Bell, Harvard’s starting shooting guard, has a history of ankle problems and injured her left ankle in practice the day before the game. She played in spite of the injury, but suffered another sprain—this one to her right ankle—while guarding Wecker in the second half. Though she had to be helped off the floor, Bell still tallied 27 minutes of playing time while making major contributions on defense...
...care free Californian Private First Class Jonah Bishop-and cracking a wide grin he uttered into his mic, "lees go een start a feet." (Translation from Mississippi's best Braveheart imitation: Lets go start a fight.) The recon mission was to test Iraqi defenses around Ash Shinariya. But in spite of the Braveheart bravado nothing came of it. At 9:59am Mitchell ordered the small squad to turn about face. Three minutes later, just after the lead Abrams M1-A1 had swiveled around, the first enemy shot burst in a black cloud 150 meters above and 200 meters away...
...spite of the bravado, Ansar has found itself on this day on the defensive on the snowy mountains on Iraq's border with Iran, driven from its lowland frontline by a week of pummeling by Tomahawk and Cruise missiles. For a year, Ansar had fought PUK forces in trenches and bunkers on the plains below Shram mountain. Indeed, until Friday, the lowland village of Biarra was Ansar's base. But on at 2 p.m. that day, a mosque used as a terrorist headquarters, replete with a gunpit on top, was flattened by U.S. bombing. The Puck captured it an hour...
...will veto it. The veto, a privilege of the Council's five permanent members, has been exercised 252 times since the U.N. was founded in 1945. It has killed many U.N. initiatives over the years, though it occasionally has been circumvented. But if the U.S. heads for Iraq in spite of a veto by France or another permanent member of the Security Council, it would mark the first time a Council member flouted a veto. Other noteworthy nay votes: --By Rebecca Winters...
...minority of the populace in Baghdad and in western Iraq will not take part in defense operations. The majority, however, appear to be highly indignant at the invasion of their fatherland, regardless of the degree of their love of Saddam. In this sense, morale is high in spite of the bombings. It is national pride and dignity at stake now and they say they are willing to fight on with Saddam against the foreign invaders. It remains an open question whether they will fight on if he falls...